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CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney did a few minutes on catalogs during his 60 Minutes segment last night. What did he have to say about them? more

… everywhere you go. If you put your money in those “Going Out of Business” signs, you may be in for a record year in 2009. And you’re probably having a pretty good 2008.

My wife and I were hoping our local National Wholesale Liquidators would stay open despite its recent Chapter 11 filing (and the fact we hadn’t shopped there for quite some time). But… we saw the signs going up Wednesday night. more

Are you a fan of Archie McPhee? You probably are if you have a thing for stuff like rubber chickens, punching nun puppets, and bacon-flavored dental floss.

And if you want to know how the novelties merchant got its start, you can read “Who Would Buy This? The Archie McPhee Story” by company founder Mark Phallow. more

Once in a while, spam makes it to my Yahoo inbox. Now in this case, it’s spammers leaving messages within Yahoo Groups I belong to and haven’t removed myself from, even though I haven’t accessed the groups in umpteen years.

Unless the spammers know something that I don’t, like that fans of the Arena Football League dig older chicks. Really old chicks. more

Following up on my post yesterday about a critical security flaw in Internet Explorer that resulted in some experts telling people to stop using the browser for a while, Microsoft today released a patch for plugging the hole attackers have been using to gain control of people’s computers and steal passwords.

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Seven years ago, billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban unwittingly played an integral role in the launch of DQ Tycoon, which hit shelves nationally at Target Stores Dec. 12. more